Because there was no concept of "nationality" in this era, Marin's name sounds like "foreign legion" to others.
"Foreign Legion? Brother, what do you mean? Why do you give such a strange name?" Simon's brain was a little short of it.
Could Marin tell him that he was referring to the foreign legion of France in later generations? So, there was no explanation, so he could only kick Simon and get away with it.
But he couldn't mess around with the same problem with the old Hoffman couple. So he made up an excuse:
"If you call the Seventh Legion, you will scare all countries. I already have 6 legions and an undisclosed Cossack cavalry legion. If European countries know that I have such strength, I will be targeted together. Therefore, this newly established legion cannot be called the Seventh Legion. It is called the ‘Foreign Legion’, it can greatly reduce the worries of other countries..."
Such nonsense seemed to be quite credible. Then the old Hoffman and his wife believed it. Then, this statement became an official explanation.
In fact, this foreign legion was just temporarily lent to Simon by Marin. Usually, this legion would help Simon guard Kiev. But when the North Sea Kingdom saw a large-scale national war, this legion would come back to help. As for Simon's Ukrainian country's own troops? The Polish knights he recruits in the future will be his own subordinates...
In this way, the army of the future Ukrainian country was divided into two parts - the first part was the foreign legion formed by Marin to help him; the second part was the feudal lord army composed of Polish and Lithuanian knights recruited by Simon himself in the future.
According to ownership, foreign legions belong to Marin, and military expenditure is also borne by Marin. Simon mainly undertakes the residence and food and drink of foreign legions when they were stationed in Ukraine, and he does not have to worry about anything else. Simon's own feudal lord army is usually mainly scattered in their respective estates. Only when there is war or when the foreign legions leave will they gather together to fight.
To put it bluntly, this foreign legion was just a reserve army secretly maintained by Marin in Ukraine. It was just that he was afraid of scaring other countries, so he did not officially declare it as the Seventh Legion.
Moreover, this foreign legion has a very important task - recruiting a group of Polish winged cavalry...
Marin gave the organization of four cavalry regiments, totaling 2,000 winged cavalry. During the war, these 2,000 winged cavalry will become a sharp knife, inserted into the enemy's formation and tearing open the opponent's defense line. In addition, this cavalry regiment will also recruit 3,000 Ukrainian Cossacks to serve as light cavalry to cooperate with winged cavalry. In this way, only half of the foreign legion is infantry, and the other half is a combination of 2,000 winged cavalry and 3,000 Cossack cavalry. If you take it out to fight, your combat effectiveness will be much stronger than that of ordinary legions.
As for the feed for horses? Marin also thought about it. 5,000 war horses and 5,000 transfer horses, of which 3,000 Cossack war horses and transfer horses were all made of Eastern European Mongolian horses that usually eat grass, which is the predecessor of the Don hippo. And the 2,000-wing cavalry, the war horses used typical European war horses. And the transfer horses also used Eastern European Mongolian horses. After all, Eastern European Mongolian horses saved feed.
As for feed, you don’t have to worry too much. Because there are too many black soils around Kiev along the Dnieper River. At that time, as long as you want to eat more soybeans by the Dnieper River, it will be enough for war horses to eat. In the fat black soil in Ukraine, planting some soybeans will definitely be enough for horses to eat. Moreover, raising 5,000 cavalry on the Eastern European prairie is not at all noticeable.
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To be honest, Louis XII's attention this time made Marin feel a little nervous. Marin alone would not care too much about the German princes or France. Even if they could not defeat their opponents, it would be okay to keep the basics. However, if the two were united, Marin would definitely not be able to beat them.
Moreover, although Marin now has six legions and a hidden Cossack cavalry legion with a scale of 5,000 cavalry, he could use only 45,000 people in his hands because the two legions were stationed in England. Moreover, because at least 10,000 soldiers were left to defend the capital of Orich, the actual number of soldiers he could use during the war was only 35,000.
France is actually similar. In fact, the entire French army can exceed 100,000. However, the eastern border and the areas in the southwest border with Spain need to retain a large number of border troops for a long time. Therefore, when the French fight, they can dispatch 60,000 troops, which is almost the limit.
The Ming Dynasty was the same. Although there was a system of more than 2 million people across the country (nearly half the empty space, but in fact it was only one million), because the territory was too large, the general war could only send more than 100,000 or 200,000 people. For example, in the Battle of Sarhu, only 110,000 people were sent. Of course, the financial difficulties of the court in the late Ming Dynasty were also an important reason for the small scale of the army.
The situation in Europe is better because European countries are generally small in size, unlike the Ming Dynasty, because they are too large, so they need too many border troops and local troops. Therefore, in Europe, half of the troops can be used for wars. If it is a small vassal state, the proportion of them can be used is higher.
The Beihai Kingdom is not big or small. After annexing the eight vassal states, it is almost as large as the Portuguese Kingdom. Therefore, the proportion of troops here is also declining.
However, Marin only attaches importance to the security of the East Friesland region, or the security of Orich. Therefore, the proportion of using the army is higher.
But even if the 10,000 troops hidden in Ukraine are added, the maximum number of troops that Marin can use is only 45,000. And this number of troops is not enough for the upcoming religious wars in the future.
Marin's goal was to annex the northern region of Germany and establish a powerful kingdom similar to Prussia alone. At that time, Marin would annex many countries. And the forces that hated Marin would also become many.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! Religious war is not a battle for hegemony, and the princes are fighting for hegemony. There are not many princes involved. For example, 300 German princes participated in the previous operations of the Badenbo Kingdom, but only a few dozen. Most princes were actually waiting and watching. Because it was not up to you...
But once a religious war breaks out, Europeans will fight to the death for their beliefs. At that time, the potential for war will be fully tapped.
Also, when Marin began to annex countries on a large scale, it would definitely attract hostility and fear from most of the German princes. At that time, the princes united to fight to the death, which would be very difficult. If France intervened again at that time, the consequences would be difficult to predict.
Just like the "Thirty Years' War" in history, the cruelest part of the religious war, Germany killed most of the population. France also took the opportunity to take away Alsace and Lorraine.
As long as the French are not fools, once a religious war breaks out in Germany, they will definitely participate and take advantage of the troubled waters.
Therefore, Marin threw out a bait early to attract France and Spain to fight. When they finished fighting, France would not have much ability to interfere in German affairs. After all, Spain is not easy to mess with.
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But even if a legion was hidden in Ukraine quietly, Marin still felt that the army was not enough. By then, the size of the army would definitely exceed 100,000. In history, even the overlords who had two empires like Charles V were beaten by the Protestant Schmacarden Alliance and were forced to sign the "Augsburg Religious Association Contract". It can be seen that the cruelty of religious war is far more than the princes' battle for hegemony.
"Where else can I raise soldiers?" Marin spread out the map...
As a result, Marin determined his plan to raise soldiers in the North American mainland colonies in minutes...
In fact, the Argentina region in South America is also suitable for raising soldiers. Local conditions are more suitable for reclamation than in North America. Because the Pampas grassland does not have so many hateful forests to be cut down. Therefore, it is much easier to reclaim farmland than in North America.
However, the purpose of Marin's military raising is to participate in the European hegemony, not to purely raise soldiers. Therefore, it is the only choice to take a boat to transport it back to the East Coast colony of North America, which is close to Europe, in a month, to take a boat to join the war. Otherwise, it would take more than half a year to transport it back to the country. In addition, the time to send people to inform us, maybe the battle was over and the troops were still floating on the sea...
Therefore, Marin quickly decided to form a legion in the New York colony. Once something happened in the country, the legion quickly boarded the ship from New York Harbor and returned to China to join the war.
As for the name of this legion, Marin decided not to call it the Seventh legion, but the American legion. It was stationed in the New York colony and could not only rely on locally developed farmland food and fishing catches from Newfoundland fishing grounds to support it. Moreover, this legion could also rely on its military advantage to attack the inland North America, gain more control areas, and carry out further development...
Chapter completed!